IAU00693
Presentation type requested: ORAL
A PREMATURE ACCEPTANCE OF THE ACCELERATING UNIVERSE
Attila Meszaros
Astronomical Institute of the Charles University

At the last years two groups declared the positive value of the cosmological constant and the occurence of the accelerating Universe. This proclaim is obtained from the statistical analysis of the dozens of high-redshift supernovae. Recently, the author (ApJ, 580, 12, 2002) revised this conclusion from a pure statistical point of view. He obtained the surprising result claiming that the rejection of the zero value of the cosmological constant was premature yet. The statistical procedure leading to this change, and some new aspects are presented in the contribution.

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